Of nights and other tales...
On a moonless night I hug this silence tight- Yet a clamour of sleep Of those counting sheep Hark There are shadows now At this ungodly hour Wisps of smoke billowing in the wind Dogs in protest Drunks on their way home A lone black cat crosses the street- Are night those things Where the unseen people on the stars Dream of us Sinister Eerie- what does this night want of us The day is a great leveller It makes demands over us While the nights demand only Currency from other kingdoms of sleep Unseen unheard yet only ever imagined The only fast friend of the night Is the streetlight Burning brightly Flickering awayon its nightly vigil With the pole star for a friend~